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HS BASE: Local Southern Section programs enjoy lots of success

In addition to Harvard-Westlake qualifying for a DI seimifinal, it’s been a good year for local baseball.

In Div. IV, top-seeded Oaks Christian plays host to San Dimas, as the Lions look to reach a final for the first time. In Div. V, Village Christian, a wild-card entry, plays at Citrus Valley in hopes of qualifying for a championship for the first time after twice reaching a semifinal through the years. And in Div. VI, Flintridge Prep looks to pull an upset at home over top-seeded Desert Christian Academy, which has outscored three playoff opponents 19-3.

Oaks Christian came close to reaching a championship two years but fell short with a dramatic 2-1 lost at Palm Desert, which rallied in the bottom of the seventh.

“I think historically Village Christian hasn’t done much, and I don’t think other teams have been too concerned with us, but the deeper we get, anything can happen,” Village Christian coach Matt Whisenant said. “We’re riding on confidence, and we’re having a blast. It’s been a fun ride, and if we didn’t pull off a sweep over Heritage Christian in the last week of the regular season, we might not be in the playoffs at all. Now, the fact we have to go on the road to play at Citrus Valley, that makes it even more exciting.”

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